Package for twine, rope, or the like



Jan. 1, 1952 H. EPSTEIN 2,580,900

PACKAGE FOR TWINE, ROPE OR THE LIKE Filed Feb. 25, 1950 Patented Jan. 1, 1952 p a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PACKAGE FOR TWINE, ROPE, OR THE LIKE 2 Henry Epstein, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor of onethird to Mandel E. Epstein and one-third to Morton M. Epstein, both of New York, N. Y.

Application February 23, 1950, Serial N 0. 145,852 2 Claims. (01. 20659) The present invention relates to package consealing strip applied onto the body of the box to structions for wound bundles of rope, twine, close the mentioned slot and made to fixedly adcord, thread and the like. here to the free end of the rope or twine.

An object of this invention is to provide a Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the package, shownovel and improved package construction of the ing the sealing strip partially ripped off the box character mentioned, which includes a closed body and carrying the free end of the rope or box housing a bundle of rope, twine or the like twine in position accessible to be pulled. This therein, whose free end is positioned through an view really shows the first thing a user will do opening in the box structure, and particularly when it is desired to start using the rope or twine afiording means whereby said free end of the packaged. rope or twine is secured in such manner in mak- Fig. 5 is a top plan View of the package, showing up of the package for shipment, that it will ing the sealing strip entirely ripped off the box r m in e p n on the packa e nd body and carrying along with it the retaining sealed therein, with the further feature that stripshown in Fig. 2, and of course, carrying the when the rope or twine is desired to be used, free end of the rope-or twine in position accessuch free end thereof is made accessible and sible to be pulled.

withdrawn from the box upon ripping oil a cer- Fig. 6 is akin to Fig. 3, showing a modified tain sealing strip employed in making up the construction.

package. Fig. 7 shows the sealing strip used in Fig. 6,

Another object hereof is to provide a novel ripped ofi the body of the box structure.

and improved package of the type set forth for In the drawings, the numeral l5 designates a a Wound bundle for rope, twine or the like; the box having a flat top Is and a flat bottom l1,

ackage to have an opening only for the free which are preferably flanged and glued onto the end of the rope or twine and afiording means body portion l8. The box may be of an other whereby said free end will not become lost" suitable construction and its shape may be other while the package remains unopened. than octagonal as shown. This box, made of A further object hereof is to provide a novel corrugated board having flat facings or of heavy and improved package construction of the nacardboard or else of other suitable stiff sheet ture described, which makes it unnecessary to material, houses a wound bundle 2!] of rope, wind rope or twine on wooden reels as is the twine or the like; the winding being what is common practice, and hence effects a substanknown as the coreless tube type, made of a tial saving and eliminates the use of reel stands. single length wound in concentric coils and Another object of this invention is to provide adapted to be unwound preferably from center package constructions which are novel and imoutwardly, first the most inner coil, then the proved for the purposes mentioned, reasonably next coil and so on until the entire bundle is cheap to manufacture, convenient in use and unwound. The box top It is provided with a efilcient in carrying out the purposes for which radial slot 19, preferably commencing at the they are designed. center of the box top, through which slot the Other objects and advantages will become apfree inner end 2| of the rope or twine extends parent as this disclosure proceeds, 40 out of the bOX. The bundle Z0 snugly fits the v In the accompanying drawings forming part box body I8. Suitable indicia 22 are provided of this application, similar characters of referalong the slot l9, which among other things is ence indicate corresponding parts in all the taught in my previous invention in this art views. identified in my application for patent now Fig. l is a perspective view of a box structure p ding under Serial No. 119, 89 filed October housing a wound bundle of rope, twine or the 1949- like. The free end of the rope or twine is T p par the packa r sh pm t, Ip st a shown extending from the box through a slot strip 23 across the slot l9, near the center of in the box cover. The package so made up is the box top and s tha it shall n e the either ready for use, or ready to be sealed in withdrawn end portion of the rope or twine as is accordance with the teachings of this invention. shown in Fig. 2. Then I lay such end piece 2! Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the box fitted with over said strip 23 and into and along said slot. an element whose function it is to avoid move- The height of the bundle 20 in the box IE, is ment of said free end back into the box. preferably such that when the end piece '2! is Fig. 3 is a view showing all of Fig. 2 plus a so laid in and along the slot l9 atop the bundle The sealed package, ready for shipment or' storage, is shown in Fig. 3. It is important to note than in handling of the package, the bundle 29 may shift therein. Such bundle movement, if no retaining strip as 23 is provided, would cause the end piece 2! of the rope or twine to shift within the box, away from the region of the slot i9,

and be thereupon unaccessible or as'is usual to say in the parlance of the trade, that the end is lost." The strip 23, across theslot It as near as is possible to the center of the box and being overlapped by the free end piece 2| of the rope or the like, prevents the aforesaid objectionable occurrence.

When it is desired to start use of the rope or twine, the strip His pried from and ripped ed the box top as shown in Figs, 4 and 5. The end piece 2! will adhere to the strip 24 and be readily accessible to the user, and the strip '23 will also come ofi attached to the strip 24, because of the greater adhesion existing between said strips than there was between the ends of the strip 23 and the box top. If it happens that the strip 2 remains in condition as in Fig. 2 when strip 24 is ripped off as in Fig. 5, then upon commencement of pull on the end piece 2! to withdraw a length of rope or twine from the package, said strip 23 would break anyway. Hence where there is no need to protect the package from moisture, dampness or dust, a strip 25 may be used instead of strip 24 to cover and adhere only to the free end portion of the end piece 2! as shown in Fig. 6. When such strip 25 is ripped off, the end piece 21 will be lifted with it and be accessible.

The box 15 may be of corrugated board, cardboard or the like. The strips 23 and 24 may be gummed paper tape, pressure'sensitive tape, or the like, and if desired the strips 24 and 25 may be gummed printed labels. Also a wire staple may be used instead of the paper strip 23, which embodiment is well understood and needs no illustration. 7

This invention is capable of numerous forms and various applications without departing from the essential features herein disclosed. It is therefore intended and desired that the embodimerits shown herein be deemed illustrative and not restrictive and that the patent shall cover all patentable novelty herein set forth; reference being had to the following claims rather than to the specific description herein to indicate the scope of this invention.

I claim:

1. In an article of the character described the v combination of a bundle formed of a continuous rope, twine or the like, wound about an axis and having an exposed end piece to be pulled to unwind the bundle, a box housing the bundle and provided with "a slot in a wall thereof intersected by said axis; said slot being substantially radial with respect to said axis; the said end piece of the rope, twine or the like being positioned alon the slot, a first strip of sheet material pasted on the box across a part of the slot and positioned where it crosses the slot, between the bundle and the said end piece of the rope, twine or the like; the said end piece extending from the bundle and across and beyond said first strip and a second strip of sheet material pasted on the box across the slot and adhering to said end piece of the rope, twine or the like and also overlapping and adhering to the first strip, whereby when said second strip is ripped off the box from across the slot, the free end piece of the rope, twine or the like, will be carried along with the second strip and said first strip will rip off and be carried along by said second strip; the commencement of the ripping off of the first strip beinglater than the commencement of the ripping off of the second strip.

2. An article as defined in claim 1, wherein the second strip covers the entire slot.

HENRY EPSTEIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,353,528 Gaeng Sept.21, 1920 2,035,930 Strong Mar. 31, 1936 2,102,996 Cryan Dec. 21, 1937 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 745,997 France Feb. 27, 1933 

